The Witch King grows in strength as his master regains his strength. And I believe Tolkien wrote that the Nazgul were stronger the closer they were to Sauron.

So I think we'd have to know when/where the battle was taking place.

In the movie AUJ it appears Radaghast is still stronger, but I would think it's only a matter of time before he would no longer be a match for the WK. If I remember correctly, Tolkien hinted that a Gandalf/WK battle that occured near Mordor would not be a given for Gandalf.

Since that is Gandalf the White we are talking about, it would follow that a brown wizard would come up short at that point.

Yeah, I agree that the Nazgul weren't nearly close to being at full strength. I was just tickled to death though to find out Raddy could fend off the WK (even if the WK was a bit weaker than usual).

I would have liked to see Raddy use his staff a bit more like the other wizards, but I still loved that scene. I was also wondering if Raddy ever does use his staff like Gandalf and Saruman do. He has shown us he has other talents (like drawing the magic out of the hedgehog), and being a "master of shape and hue", I was curious what he would do.

P.S. Why did the WK appear as he does to Frodo wearing the ring? Shouldn't he have been cloaked? All you have to decide is what to do with the time that has been given to you...

Depends whether we're talking about the films or the books
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I think that in the film Raddy was able to drive off the Witch-King as he wasn't in a bodily form so to speak. Had the Witch-King been cloaked and in his stronger physical form, then he would have bested Radagast: in the Extended Edition of RotK he bests Gandalf the White without breaking a sweat so Radagast wouldn't have stood a chance.

In the books, I think that the Wizards being Maiar would have been a "match" for the Witch-King, even if they couldn't actually kill him, though if Sauron was near the duel would be a lot more interesting. "Radagast is, of course, a worthy wizard, a master of shapes and changes of hue, and he has much lore of herbs and beasts, and birds are especially his friends."-Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings.

P.S. Why did the WK appear as he does to Frodo wearing the ring? Shouldn't he have been cloaked?

As for what Jackson's reason would be, we can't be sure. Maybe he'll address it in the DVD/BluRay commentaries.

My guess would be that he just isn't powerful enough to take that form yet. Or perhaps he only cloaks when he's going out in the open and he's not to that point yet either.

If I remember correctly, in the books he has no real visual appearance, he doesn't look like a "ghost" as he appears in the movies. But that would be tough to portray, so Jackson goes with a ghost-like appearance.

Such a joy to see the Magic use in AUJ and to find that Radagast is no slouch in many forms of mystical combat. I can't wait to see more.

Had the WK been at full strength, a different story, definitely. This certainly sets up that the dark forces are not at full power in the movies. "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you anywhere." - Albert Einstein.